The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Azam Khan, difficult the Allahabad High Court order barring his election from Uttar Pradesh’s Suar meeting constituency. It was rejected saying that he was under 25 years of age. was not eligible to fill a seat within the state legislature.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna, whereas delivering judgment on Abdullah Azam’s plea in opposition to the High Court order, stated, “We have dismissed the (petition).” PTI knowledgeable of. The apex courtroom had reserved the order on this matter on September 20.
It was again in 2019 that Allahabad High Court quashed Election of Abdullah Azam Khan as MLA from Suar constituency, Uttar Pradesh on the bottom of being a minor on the time of election. The courtroom declared the election invalid on the petition of BSP candidate Nawab Kazim Ali Khan.
In the election petition in opposition to Abdullah Azam Khan, Kazim Khan had argued that the precise date of start of the elected MLA was January 1, 1993, and never September 30, 1990, as claimed within the nomination papers. Therefore, he was but to succeed in the age of 25 to grow to be eligible to contest elections, which was objected by Kazim Khan when he filed his nomination papers on January 25, 2017.
According to PTIThe matter pertains to the existence of two start certificates of Abdullah Azam, who allegedly gave a mistaken date of start whereas submitting his nomination papers for the 2017 election.
The bench quashed the Pig MLA after inspecting the information established by varied paperwork together with the service document of Abdullah Khan’s mom.
On January 3, 2019, Rampur BJP chief Akash Saxena lodged an FIR at Ganj police station alleging fraud in acquiring two start certificates with completely different dates. The police had filed a cost sheet on this case in April.
Azam Khan and his spouse had been jailed by Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur courtroom for his or her alleged function in acquiring faux start certificates for Abdullah Azam, on the premise of which he contested the election.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
